Alexander Tyler, a history professor at the University of Edinborough, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic.

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts
from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.”

“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.”

The Obituary follows:

Born 1776, Died 2015

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2
McCain: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…”

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the “complacency and apathy” phase of Professor Tyler’s definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation’s population already having reached the “governmental dependency” phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million illegal’s – and they vote – then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.

- By Charlie Reese:

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then
campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are
against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and
high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on
appropriations.. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court
justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly,
legally, morally, and individually responsible for
the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was
created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty
to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central
bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They
have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a
congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if
they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the
power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is
the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what
they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of
party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an
excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a
Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.
The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to
accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole
responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving
appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House now? He is the
leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the
President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it,
they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545
people who stand convicted - by present facts - of
incompetence and irresponsibility. I can’t think of a single domestic
problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully
grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal
government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.

If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it’s because they want
them in Iraq and Afghanistan …

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan
not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire
and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they
can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to
regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them
con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like
“the economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what
they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their
bosses.

Michael Reagan:
TownhallDaily

The Republic I have loved all my life is being is being murdered and the crime is an inside job.

I never thought that a president of a United States, would adopt a solution to the problems of our economy that would not only worsen the situation, but set in motion the beginning of a transition of the government of the United States from a Constitutional Republic into a coercive quasi-Marxist regime where Washington is the master of our people instead of their servant.

If you could have spent a million dollars every day since Christ was born you would not even come close to having spent a trillion dollars, yet Mr. Obama and his wastrel Democratic stooges on Capitol Hill have no qualms about spending that amount - and more - on programs that will do nothing to alleviate the current economic crisis, and in many ways worsen it.

Proof That America is a Republic NOT A Democracy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVsjZBy7hww

Let me get this straight . . . .

We’re going to be “gifted” with a health care
plan we are forced to purchase and
fined if we don’t,

Which purportedly covers at least
ten million more people,
without adding a single new doctor,
but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,

written by a committee whose chairman
says he doesn’t understand it,

passed by a Congress that didn’t read it but
exempted themselves from it,

and signed by a President who smokes,

with funding administered by a treasury chief who
didn’t pay his taxes,

for which we’ll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect,

by a government which has
already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,

all to be overseen by a surgeon general
who is obese,

and financed by a country that’s broke!!!!!

‘What the hell could possibly go wrong?’

Proof That America is a Republic NOT A Democracy !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVsjZBy7hww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGK96usoql4&feature=related

The Obama administration and house Democrats think “America” is such a flock of dumb farm animals that they can sell us on what their healthcare bill is going to do ‘for us’ even though no one is going to see jacksh## except taxes and IRS agents for years. If dumb farm animals on the left want to keep believing that this bill is anything but a revenue stream put in place to keep the government afloat for a bit longer, please go right ahead. This country’s only hope is to flip this Congress and work to repeal this P-O-S bill ASAP.

Barring divine intervention, Barack Hussein Obama and his liberal pirate posse, violated this country’s Constitution when they passed a health care bill that under penalty of law, will force you to buy healthcare, simply because you live in this country. All the while ignoring a lengthy and clear declaration“ …Of the people, By the people, and For the people.”. Did not thousands of Americans show up repeatedly on the Capitol Steps to let their representatives know how they felt?

Democratic congressmen lead by the traitor, Nancy Pelosi, have reduced the stature of each and every American to that of a farm animal dependent on lord and master for the daily direction of their lives. We have been, for over a year now, informing our representatives, in every form of non-violent communication possible, of our wishes and they have continued to vote against the republic.

How does it feel, as an American citizen, to be totally and completely irrelevant? How does it feel to not have ever been the reason that the Congress and Obama are forcing their version of health care reform on Americans? Has it yet been realized that the entire push for health care reform, this health care reform at any cost, was about congressional officials’ names in history books as achieving the long sought cornerstone of the progressive movement? The aristocratic, dictatorial precedent is just the icing on the cake for the traitors in ‘our house’.

Have you yet realized that the people in the seat of power are no more leaders than the average Joe/Jane paying for Congressmen/women’s lifetime health care and retirement packages? Yet, elected officials are granted aristocratic privileges that we shall not see unless we decide to join them in their malfeasance, developing greedy egos, and then selling our souls to feed the very reason for traitorous actions. Is Nancy Pelosi or Barack Obama’s intelligence level greater than yours or mine because they just happen to be twisting arms and bribing votes? Where is the statesmanship, leadership, or honor in these continuing ‘let them eat cake’ moments?

How could Nancy Pelosi be allowed to say, “we must pass the bill to find out what is in it.” without so much as a “you are done!” Or calls for her resignation and/or impeachment? What kind of insanity allows the third person in line for the American presidency to utter such unbelievable nonsense without so much as a disciplinary invoking mutter from another elected official?

Democrats’ insane sprint for historical relevance at the price of the American dream should be the reason that we, as Americans, are finally driven to change the current course of this nation and fire every elected official that voted for the bill. The people that they so proudly and loudly trot out as props for their socialized medicine, have been proven – to not even be real Dr’s! Now the very same greed of these glory seekers will be the downfall of the republic if we do not communicate to them in a way they understand, that their era of the American Aristocracy is over.

We watched as Obama and Pelosi, passed their atrocious bill that mocks the Constitution and all things truly American. America watched as they cheered and shouted wildly like the traitorous, raving lunatics that they are.

Congress passed TARP, seizure of two car companies masked as bailouts, 2 stimulus bills, Cap and Tax, etc. We are bearing witness to the granddaddy of “Let Them Eat Cake” moments.

The election of Barack Obama happened even though it should not have, and now our country is lead by the wrong man at the wrong time with the wrong agenda pushing the wrong reform, as he campaigns for world leader and historical gratification. His lust for power and prestige can be likened to another insecure, egomaniac that rose to power in Germany in the 1930’s. We all remember how tragic Hitler’s path was, and how it was ended by American bravery and devotion to the dream of liberty and justice. There is no longer a ‘leader of the free world’ to stop the forces of evil, as a great percentage of our own government has become the very evil we have long fought against. This illusion of a presidency will damage the nation for years, and take decades to unravel the mess the progressives have brought, but November will be your day of reckoning.

PS: You government workers may get to keep your healthcare, but the Dr.’s and nurses you will need, are the same Dr’s and nurses you screwed out of their healthcare, so good luck with that!

“You can’t make a weak man strong, by making a strong man weak”.
Abraham Linclon

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